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Political Commentator 1
According to the President of the United States. He likes to hang out with losers and what these losers are doing is they are wrapping this very delicate thin skinned man in bubble wrap and he is making really homicidal decisions right now. Truly homicidal decisions in war, cutting funding to social safety net programs in the United States of America. And even his own chief of staff, Susie Wiles is weighing in on this and expressing concerns. This is breaking right now. Please pop this up. Susie Wiles has expressed concerns that AIDS are giving Trump a rose colored view of how the war was being perceived domestically. Telling Trump what he wanted to hear and urged them to be more forthright with the boss about the political and economic risks. And so I think we all kind of know this and this is something that is is so it's just not even that deep. You have people, presidents like Lincoln or President Obama, that wanted to have a team of rivals that welcomed differing thoughts and differing opinions. Trump doesn't want that. I guarantee you he's going to find out that Susie Wiles said this, and soon she too will be on the chopping block like palmed Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem, because he will not tolerate this type of disloyalty pumps.
Political Commentator 2
You know, here's the thing with Susie Wiles, too. I mean, she has a lot of nerve. If, as the chief of staff, isn't her job to present reality to the president. I mean, I know that that's probably in theory more than reality, but she has, she has long been kissing his ass and telling him what he wants to hear. So I kind of falls on deaf ears coming from her.
Political Commentator 1
Well, it completely does. But I think the, the confirming that this is, this is one of this biggest, more escalating moves he's made. He has started a war.
Political Commentator 2
Yeah.
Political Commentator 1
With Iran. They are bombing schoolgirls they had just earned. They're hitting infrastructure, which is a feature of the way the IDF fights. The war crimes are piling on. And Trump is surrounded by people that make him sizzle reels to, to express this. And the economic problems with this are going to be so incredibly massive. And then I think, okay, Susie Wiles is trying to step in. I agree it falls on deaf ears, but at least she's somewhat trying. Or any of the industry titans going to finally step in? Like, or is everybody is just going to just go, are they going to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic with this guy until we're completely fubar? I mean, up beyond all recognition. Is that where we're heading? And so let's dive into the polling on the American electorate. Kylie, pop this up. Conservative commentator and trial lawyer Robert Barnes is predicting the Democrats will retake the Senate 5347 this November. He predicts Democrats will flip Ohio, North Carolina, Iowa, Alaska, Maine, and Nebraska. So what I want to say about this is good. I'm glad this is going to happen. But we still have a problem with Democrats. Democrats are winning just because of Trump, because Trump is so bad. We have to install a type of permanent super majority that can really rectify how badly this is and how badly administration after administration has abandoned the working class. That is what is at the core of this. This is what has bred and incubated this level of fascism. And let's dive into Trump's approvals. This is pretty, pretty stunning stuff. Pop this up. So Trump is handling voting and elections, 43% approve. Immigration, 41%. Foreign Affairs, 36%. Job overall, 35%. We do know that it has dropped even in some other Polls, down to 31. Health care, 34%. The economy, 31%. Inflation, 27% and gas prices, 24%. It is known in political circles that gas prices are the kiss of death because nobody can avoid it. He's at a 24% approval rating on gas prices, pumps well, and you look
Political Commentator 2
at the economy and inflation, he stands up before, you know, the State of the Union, all his speeches, inflation's down. We're so good. And these people, they're so unable to think critically that they're like, okay, well, my prices are up, but obviously Trump said their price is down. So it's just where I'm going to the grocery store. But gas is, it's universal. That's kind of where I see that. And I do think it's interesting. On immigration, that was his big, big push and now that has flip ship because it has been so vile and craven the way it's been handled.
Political Commentator 1
Yes. All right, now here's a video with a deeper dive into the double digit drop among GOP support on the economy. Play the clip.
Political Analyst
1% approval. That is a record low for Donald Trump. You can see here over time his handling of the economy, and that by the way, among Republicans is at 71%. Just in January, he had 85% approval on the economy with Republicans. So we're seeing slippage there as well on the economy factor and largely driven by really pessimistic assessment from the American people. 77% say economic conditions in the country are poor. Only 23% say they're good.
Political Commentator 1
So this is something, this is where Democrats really, really, really need to start messaging the following. The Republican Party has been lying to you for decades. This notion that they are good with the economy and that wealth trickles down and if you give billionaires tax breaks, they're going to make sure everybody's employed is bullshit. It's a lie that has been perpetuated from Ronald Reagan on. It is a jet stream of bullshit. The fact of the matter is we simply cannot afford these billionaires in this country. These billionaires are grotesquely expensive for any country. They live pretty much tax free. The average worker, look around every time you go out in the world, know that these workers that you have interactions with that might service you, that you might service them, pay a higher percentage in their earnings. Than Elon Musk, than Jeff Bezos. You name the billionaire, they are paying less percentage. But this, this victimhood of billionaires and Donald Trump that's been, is presented to the electorate as well. We can't tax them. They're going to, they're going to pack their stuff up and move to a different state. Let them, let them. They will go and wreck every single state they move into because we simply cannot afford them. But what we need so much right now is for a Democratic Party to have moral clarity on this issue and say, yes, we're going to tax billionaires. You're goddamn right we're going to tax them. We are going to create a government that provides services and a social safety net for its citizens. We're going to quit spending so much money on our military and starting insane wars. And so again, I'm always mystified at lack of a coalesced unified opposition party. And the reason why we don't have a totally unified opposition party is that liberals collaborate with fascists to pat the backs of the oligarchs. Historically, this is what they do.
Political Commentator 2
You know, I wonder if Democrats get a huge swing in Congress, if they're able to change the rules at the Supreme Court, if surely everyone would support overturning Citizens United.
Political Commentator 1
I, I would hope. I mean, here's the thing. They had, they've had an opportunity to do stuff about guns. They have an opportunity to. Obama had a super majority, he could have codified Roe in federal law. This is why I think it's so important to get so many of these establishment Democrats out of there, because they're, they're never, they're always going to service their lobbyists and their PACs. And so for us to think that people who take money from pacs are going to go to overturn pacs is insane. This is why we've never done anything about guns, because they all take money from guns. And so this is why the Democratic Party right now, despite winning, if you look at polling internally, the Democrats among Democrats have record low approval ratings because we want an opposition party. And right now the Democrats would much rather demean Hassan Piker and demean the far left of the party to protect billionaires that simply this country cannot afford any longer. And this, this is stunning. This is Trump's polling with younger voters. Pop this up, he said 20% with 18 to 34 year olds. 20%. And Brian Tyler Cohen says it would be bad enough that Trump is drowning with young Americans. It's worse at the rest of the gop isn't even allowed to distance themselves from Trump for fear of retribution. Meaning the whole party has to embrace this albatross around their necks. Turns out there's a downside to being in a cult. 20%. That gives me some hope.
Political Commentator 2
Yeah, it gives me some hope. But I also am, you know, talking to people that the, the, you know, the youth of the right is so radical that it makes the MAGA party look pedestrian in a lot of ways. So that 20% is loud, vicious and rabidly racist, misogynistic.
Political Commentator 1
All the bad things, but they are. You're exactly right. Okay, and now this is really, this is, this is good. This is really good news, you guys, because the people that are in the cult, that's where you hear this. Trump has 90 approval. Well, those are the cultists. And those polls are real when you poll people that identify as maga. But here is some great news. Fewer people are identifying as Republicans. Pop this up. Fewer. Gallup poll says that fewer Americans are calling themselves Republicans. So I think that is just really great news because in order to win, to get everything to swing back, we have to stay engaged and we have to do reputational brand damage to the Republican Party slash maga. And they are one of the same right now. George W. Bush killed the Republican Party. He was such an abject failure.
Political Commentator 2
Such.
Political Commentator 1
He did exactly what Trump did. He just drug it out over eight years. Trump did what George W. Bush did in record time. The war crimes, lying about going into war, wrecking the economy. Republican Party was in tatters. And then Trump came in and offered this populist demagogue, con man pitch. And the, the Republicans had done a lot of reputational damage to Hillary because they knew that she was going to run. So here's where my message is for you viewer and listener. We have to do reputational brand damage to MAGA and any sort of heir apparent. Tucker Carlson says he wants to run for office. Tucker Carlson, I want to remind you, says that he was attacked by four demons in his sleep. I mean, he just said this recently. He refers to gay people as F A G G O T S. So anybody who thinks Tucker Carlson is not a con artist and a bald faced liar and a freak is playing with fire. A lot of people like him because they think he has moral clarity on Israel. And people are so desperate for people to call that out. But Tucker Carlson is not your guy. If he's willing to throw gay people under the bus, if he's willing to lie in Christian signal to his rabid base that he was attacked by demons in his sleep. You think this guy should be president? I mean, for God's sakes.
Political Commentator 2
Okay.
Political Commentator 1
And then lastly, here we have a GOP House members. Oh, this is great punch. You'll love this. GOP House members are fleeing Congress in record numbers. They would rather not run than face Trump and his MAGA wrath and pop this up. Kylie. Okay, so the Hill is reporting House Republicans flee Congress in record numbers amid growing dysfunction. So here's something I just want to say about this. These guys are cowards. Cowards. They are cowards. Like, they cannot stand 10 toes down and say, we oppose this. I mean, I disagree politically with Thomas Massie on just about everything, but at least he believes in something and he, he has conviction. So therefore my disagreements with Thomas Massie are political. I mean, he sees that child rape, he sees the Epstein stuff, and he calls it out accordingly. Pumps, what's your take on all that?
Political Commentator 2
I kind of had the same. Same thought you did. Like, these people would rather, instead of standing up to this regime, even though they're not running again, like they're resigning in silence versus saying, I am quitting because my party has left me. These people are not making decisions in the best interest of the American people. They're not doing that because they just want to slink off into the private sector and still suck off whatever tits they've made in their work. But I, my mind goes to Thomas Massie and it is my understanding, I'm certainly not an expert on it, that he is actually projected to win his race even with Trump against him. The numbers look good for him. And so, you know, this is one. We have one example with this crazy shit ass president we have, we can put our finger on one person that said, I'm going to try to keep my seat and I'm going to come out against the regime.
Political Commentator 1
One, yeah. But I will say that a Trump endorsement seems to be a. An L. It seems that you're taking an L. Like, he endorsed this Palm beach candidate when Trump voted by mail and that Palm Beach Republican, MAGA Republican got his ass beat. And, you know, I think that's a beautiful thing. So the MAGA brand is dead, but we need to do reputational, continue ongoing reputational damage. And let me just tell you how focused our opponent is on this. They are still fixated on Hillary Clinton. They called her and Bill Clinton into congressional hearings. They are relentless. And that type of myopic focus in damaging their opponent is something that we have to really, really deploy to win super majorities. And it should be so easy because these people are dipshits. I mean, objectively, verifiably, demonstrably morons. All right, that's all we have. Like, subscribe Comment we'll be back later.
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Episode: Republican Voters Fleeing The Party In Droves, Has Trump Sealed The GOP's Fate?
Date: April 5, 2026
Hosts: Jennifer Welch & Angie “Pumps” Sullivan
In this episode, progressive hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan tackle the recent exodus of Republican voters from their party amidst President Donald Trump's escalating war decisions, plummeting approval ratings, and mounting dysfunction in the GOP. Through incisive analysis and trademark comedic banter, they explore polling trends, party identity crises, the Democrats’ challenges, and the future of American political alignment.
"He is making really homicidal decisions right now... Even his own chief of staff, Susie Wiles, is weighing in on this and expressing concerns." – Jennifer (01:35)
"Soon she too will be on the chopping block like ... Kristi Noem, because he will not tolerate this type of disloyalty." – Jennifer (02:56)
“They are bombing schoolgirls ... hitting infrastructure, which is a feature of the way the IDF fights. The war crimes are piling on.” – Jennifer (03:34)
Polling predictions for November: Political commentator Robert Barnes predicts a Democratic Senate sweep, flipping key states.
“Democrats will flip Ohio, North Carolina, Iowa, Alaska, Maine, and Nebraska.” – Jennifer (04:07)
Trump’s plummeting approval: Detailed breakdown of approval ratings for Trump across critical issues:
“Gas prices are the kiss of death...he's at a 24% approval rating on gas prices.” – Jennifer (05:55)
Erosion of Republican economic identity: The myth of GOP economic stewardship is debunked as approval “among Republicans is at 71%, down from 85% in January.” (06:47)
“For us to think that people who take money from PACs are going to go overturn PACs is insane.” – Jennifer (09:47)
Trump’s collapse among young voters:
“Trump is at 20% with 18 to 34 year olds. That gives me some hope.” – Jennifer (10:39)
But: The far-right youth are worryingly "loud, vicious, and rabidly racist, misogynistic." – Angie (11:28)
Republican identity crisis:
“Fewer Americans are calling themselves Republicans ... a Gallup poll says that fewer Americans are calling themselves Republicans. I think that’s really great news.” – Jennifer (11:51)
“We have to do reputational brand damage to MAGA and any sort of heir apparent. Tucker Carlson says he wants to run for office. ... He was attacked by four demons in his sleep...He refers to gay people as F A G G O T S." – Jennifer (13:15)
House Republicans quitting in record numbers:
"GOP House members are fleeing Congress in record numbers amid growing dysfunction. These guys are cowards." – Jennifer (14:06)
No public dissent:
“[They] would rather, instead of standing up to this regime ... resign in silence versus saying ‘I am quitting because my party has left me.’” – Angie (15:07)
Notable exception: Thomas Massie cited as one Republican willing to defy Trump ("he has conviction," Jennifer, 14:36).
Trump endorsements backfire: Recent Trump-backed candidates lose, showing the MAGA brand’s toxicity.
“A Trump endorsement seems to be an L...that Palm Beach Republican, MAGA Republican, got his ass beat.” – Jennifer (15:59)
Democratic call to arms: The hosts urge Democrats to match the GOP’s relentless discipline in attacking opponents, noting Republicans are still fixated on targeting Hillary Clinton ("relentless," 16:30).
A rich, rapid-fire breakdown of how Trump’s conduct—on war, the economy, and party leadership—has cratered his own support and set off a mass GOP exodus. Jennifer and Angie deliver blistering critiques of both parties’ failures, demand more from Democrats, and offer a rallying cry for progressives: sustain reputational damage on MAGA and push for true reform. For listeners, the episode blends political reality with emboldened, comedic outrage, spotlighting the significance of party branding, the declining GOP base, and America’s shifting political terrain.